Extract data from first notice of loss reports
The first notice of loss, or FNOL, is the earliest record a carrier has that a claim exists. It is filed within hours or a day of an incident, often by phone or a web form later rendered to PDF, and its job is to open the claim, not to value it. A policyholder reporting the loss, the call-center intake agent, and the adjuster about to be assigned all work from this first record. When Cedar Grove Transport Co. reports a collision to Gateway Mutual Insurance (NAIC 14567) on 2026-07-01, one day after the loss on 2026-06-30, under commercial auto policy CA-2026-336890, the FNOL is the document that starts the file. What an FNOL carries is provisional by design. An estimated_loss_amount of 18,000 USD is a preliminary figure, not an adjudicated one; the loss type is a first classification, here a collision; and the status reads open because nothing has been decided yet. Responsibility passes at this point: the assignee is adjuster Dana Whitfield, whose contact is captured so the policyholder can be reached. Loss location, loss description, and the policyholder contact fields let the carrier acknowledge the claim and set an initial reserve, while the policy_limit and deductible frame what may eventually be paid. Passed to Talonic, an FNOL returns the policyholder, the loss detail, the preliminary estimate, and the assigned adjuster as typed fields, with the claim status kept as its own value. A notice filed 2026-07-01 for a 2026-06-30 collision, estimating 18,000 USD in loss and marked open with Dana Whitfield assigned, loads into a claims system the moment the file opens instead of waiting for a re-keyed form. Captured as written, the notice keeps its preliminary estimate flagged as such, and the loss is neither valued nor decided.
What gets extracted from first notice of loss reports
How extraction works for first notice of loss reports
An FNOL comes in as a call-center transcript rendered to PDF, an ACORD-style loss notice, or a portal form the policyholder filled in, so the earliest facts arrive in whatever order the intake channel captured them. Classification aligns the notice with the first-notice schema in the Field Registry, which keeps the policyholder block, the loss detail, the preliminary estimate, the assignee, and the claim status distinct. Estimated loss is typed as a number in its ISO 4217 currency and marked preliminary rather than treated as a settled figure, the loss_type and coverage_type are read as their stated categories, and the status enum is captured so an open notice is never confused with a decided claim. Assignee name and contact are pulled because the FNOL is the point at which ownership passes to an adjuster, and the policy_effective_date and policy_expiration_date are read so the loss date of 2026-06-30 can be checked against the term. Each value returns with a confidence score and a source-region pointer conforming to DIN SPEC 91491, so an intake supervisor can confirm the estimate or the assignment against the notice. Structuring the notice as written is all the tool does; it does not value the loss or adjudicate coverage.
Sample extraction
A commercial auto first notice of loss filed the day after a collision
{
"document_number": "FNOL-2026-660214",
"document_date": "2026-07-01",
"loss_date": "2026-06-30",
"policyholder.name": "Cedar Grove Transport Co.",
"policyholder.policy_number": "CA-2026-336890",
"policyholder.contact_phone": "+1-503-555-0188",
"loss_location.address": "Interstate 84 near milepost 17, Troutdale, OR",
"loss_type": "collision",
"loss_description": "Insured box truck rear-ended at a signal, front-end damage and cargo shift",
"estimated_loss_amount": 18000,
"currency": "USD",
"coverage_type": "Commercial Automobile",
"policy_limit": 1000000,
"deductible": 2500,
"assignee.name": "Dana Whitfield",
"assignee.contact_email": "dana.whitfield@gatewaymutual.com",
"insurer_name": "Gateway Mutual Insurance",
"insurer_naic_number": "14567",
"status": "open",
"policy_effective_date": "2026-01-01",
"policy_expiration_date": "2027-01-01"
}Frequently asked
Is the estimated loss amount a final figure?
No. The estimated_loss_amount of 18,000 USD is captured as a preliminary estimate, not an adjudicated one, so a reserve set from it is understood to be provisional until the claim is investigated and valued.
How is an FNOL different from a formal claim filing?
A first notice of loss is the earliest intake and opens the claim; it carries a preliminary estimate and an open status. A formal claim filing comes later with itemized amounts and supporting documents. Talonic keeps each on its own schema, so a provisional estimate is never mistaken for an adjudicated claim.
Does it capture who the claim was assigned to?
Yes. The assignee name and contact are read from the notice, here adjuster Dana Whitfield, and the status of open records that the claim has been logged but not yet decided, so ownership and stage are both legible.
Does Talonic value or decide the claim?
No. It returns the loss detail, the preliminary estimate, and the assignment as the notice states them and links each to its source region. Valuing the loss and adjudicating coverage happen later, and the extraction does not do them.
Ready to extract from your own first notice of loss reports?
Author note
Reviewed by Talonic engineering, insurance schema review · last reviewed 2026-07-08